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ENDURANCE NEWS FROM THE F.I.M. CONGRESS

The calendars of the Endurance and Sidecar World Championships will be published later, as negotiations with the promoters are still in progress.
- Endurance: the limit for the maximum age finishes at the end of the year in which the rider reaches the age of 55 (subject to a medical certificate as from the age of 50) – The starting grid will be drawn up including the number of teams qualified for the race on the basis of the average of the best times recorded for one lap by all the riders (reserve rider not included) of the team during one of the qualifying sessions – The background colours of the number plates will be as follows: black for Superbike, blue for Superproduction, red for Superstock and green for open class.

WSB CALENDAR

Superbike & Supersport World Championship – Championnat du Monde Superbike et Supersport
Dates Country/Pays Circuit Superbike Supersport
February/février 24 ** Qatar Doha/Losail X X
March/mars 4 Australia/Australie Phillip Island X X
April/avril 1 Tba/tba
April/avril 15 Spain/Espagne Valencia * X X
April/avril 29 Netherlands/Pays-Bas Assen * X X
May/mai 13 Italy/Italie Monza * X X
May/mai 27 Great-Britain/Grande-Bretagne Silverstone * X X
June/juin 17 San Marino/Saint-Marin tba * X X
July/juillet 8 Tba/tba
July/juillet 22 Czech Rep./Rép. Tchèque Brno * X X
August/août 5 Great-Britain/Grande-Bretagne Brands Hatch * X X
September/septembre 9 Germany/Allemagne Eurospeedway Lausitz *X X
September/septembre 30 Italy/Italie Vallelunga * X X
October/octobre 7 France /Magny-Cours * X X
October/octobre 21 Tba/Tba
* : with Superstock FIM Cup/avec Coupe FIM Superstock **: Saturday/samedi
Vallelunga: round subject to contract

WORLD SUPERBIKES - TROY STORY YAMAHA

Troy Corser threw his leg over one of this year's Yamaha Italia's R1 WSBK bikes for the first time today (25th October) and left Mugello at the end of the day with a smile on his face. Weather conditions were nigh on perfect at the undulating Tuscan circuit and Troy and his new team were able to start their new job together in the best possible way.
At the end, Troy got down to some really good lap times - all without even pushing hard. The day went smoothly and completely without any dramas and now Troy is looking forward to the official tests in Valencia in just over two week's time.


Photo courtesy of Yamaha Racing/Kel Edge

"I can't believe how well today went and I'm really happy with my first day on a Yamaha Superbike. I started off with one of Andrew Pitt's bikes and worked with the crew getting a comfortable position and the usual stuff. The engine feels flatter off the bottom and is a bit peaky, but the bike is very stable under braking and the handling is pretty good also. The spin and wheelie control is very adjustable and, of course, one of the biggest differences is the suspension - which is now Ohlins. At the end of the day, I tried a few laps on one of Haga's bikes, but it was way too hard for me! I'm happy today because it took me hardly any time getting comfortable and I was able to get down to some pretty good lap times without pushing hard at all! I had no dramas, no crashes, no running off the track or anything like that, and I am surprised how well it's all gone gone today. Now I'm really looking forward to riding it at the Valencia tests and seeing how it stacks up against the rest of the boys."

THE AMERICAN ENDURANCE SERIES - BUT ONLY FOR 4-STROKE TWINS

THE RACE...AND THE RETIRED STEPHANE MERTENS KEEPS ON WINNING...


 

Pos No. Class Rider Laps Best Lap  In Lap Best Spd Bike Team
1 46 SST Parriott/ Mertens/ Kern/ 228 01:58.2 112 101.168 BMW R1200 San Jose BMW
2 18 SST Barnes/ May/ Ulrich 228 01:56.8 7 101.116 Suzuki SV1000S M4 EMGO Suzuki
3 32 SST Ivey/ Day/ Trombino 223 01:59.7 60 98.893 Suzuki SV1000S Vallely Racing
4 83 SST Haner/ Nowland/ Ciccoto 223 01:59.4 202 98.615 BMW R1200 BMW Cycles Daytona
5 7 SST J Layman/ S Layman/ Green 221 02:01.0 88 97.989 Suzuki SV1000S Team Zyvax
6 58 SST Estok/ Ray/ Luke 220 01:56.9 8 97.438 Aprilia Tuono 1000R JC Racing
7 33 SST Lynn/ Himmelsbach/ Ribiero 217 01:59.1 194 96.049 Suzuki SV1000S Vallely Racing
8 16 ST Crozier/ Hoffman/ Breckenridge 216 02:07.6 152 95.83 Suzuki SV650 Team Hurt By Accident.com
9 17 ST Keys/ Lapham/ Wilkey 216 02:06.4 3 95.75 Kawasaki EX650 Blue Ridge Performance
10 75 SST B Shaw/ Myers/ R Shaw 214 02:05.6 74 94.894 Suzuki SV1000S Shaw Racing
11 79 ST Millson/ Daigle/ Glenn 213 02:06.5 208 94.454 Suzuki SV650 GoBigRacing
12 69 ST Czaia/ Matheson/ Linder 213 02:07.5 21 94.391 Suzuki SV650 Team Hurt By Accident.com
13 37 SST Schwemmer/ Ju Filice/ Ashmead 209 02:01.5 31 92.68 Suzuki SV1000S Old Pros Racing
14 19 GST McBride/ Barnes/ Trottier 207 02:06.1 9 91.747 Ducati Multistrada 1000DS Ducati Toronto.com
15 94 ST Glaefke/ Bravo/ Hoeppner 207 02:12.5 133 91.729 Kawasaki EX650 Alliance Motorsports Racing
16 55 SST Shockley/ Messina/ Phillips 203 02:05.5 77 90.022 BMW R1200 Team Motorrad
17 63 ST Stanford/ Bell/ Broadhaed 203 02:13.2 59 89.78 Suzuki SV650 Bell Racing Inc
18 9 ST Ji Filice/ Stokes/ Cummings 201 02:07.0 154 95.489 Kawasaki Ninja 650R Pair-A-Nines
19 98 SST Narbone/Hudson/ Martire 200 02:04.1 111 88.427 MZ1000 Brookside Racing
20 96 SST Madsen/ Dodson 188 02:08.4 85 83.375 Honda VTR1000F Super Hawk Team Battlestar
21 70 GST James/ Fox/ Avello 182 02:09.3 12 80.475 Buell XB12 James Gang Racing
22 52 SST T Pepin/ D Pepin Jr/ Rouleau 179 02:03.6 76 85.154 Suzuki SV1000S Wild Hare Racing
23 95 ST Hall/ DeSouza/ McEnery 177 02:11.7 54 78.407 Suzuki SV650 9 Lives Motorsports
24 22 ST Westra/ J Vermeulen/ Vermeulen 177 02:09.0 10 78.289 Suzuki SV650 Ham & Cheese
25 36 GST Helmbach/ Wilson/ Schnorrbusch 176 02:10.7 54 77.971 Ducati Sport Classic Team Ducati New York
26 87 ST Kcraget/ Berkoff/ Smith-Moore 165 02:07.7 102 73.203 Suzuki SV650 Speed Werks Racing
27 59 SST Noyes/ Ribalta 146 01:57.7 105 100.791 Ducati 749 Belson Brumos Motorrad
28 12 ST Kent/ Heino/ Breen 140 02:12.1 13 62.078 Kawasaki EX650 BK Racing
29 78 ST Orde/ Card/ Bagshaw 127 02:07.7 87 92.698 Suzuki SV650 GoBigRacing
30 13 ST Dominguez/ West/ Burleson 65 02:09.5 41 80.992 Hyosung GT650 Hyosung Motors USA
31 35 GST Bilansky/ SRozynski/ JRozynski 58 02:08.9 15 44.498 Buell XB12 Sound Waves/ Veatch Motorsports
32 47 ST Intravartolo/ Farrell 57 02:11.7 35 57.338 Suzuki SV650 Voice Eclipse
33 91 GST Hamblin/ Young/ Vermonden 28 02:13.0 1 32.018 Buell XB12 Last Minute Racing
DNF 42 GST Faussett/ Barry/ Routhier 203 02:09.8 105 90.033 Ducati PS1000LE Team Daffy

The San Jose BMW team made history at Daytona International Speedway Saturday, winning a dramatic Inaugural 8 Hours At Daytona. The race was the first event in the SunTrust MOTO-ST Series.

Brian Parriott of Calistoga, Calif., Belgian Stephane Mertens and Nate Kern of Cherry Hill, N.J. held on to take a 14.856-second victory on their No. 46 BMW R1200 over the No. 18 M4 EMGO Suzuki SV1000S of Michael Barnes of Boca Raton, Fla., Geoff May of Gainesville, Ga. and Chris Ulrich of Lake Elsinore, Calif. In addition to claiming the overall win the BMW team took the Buell Motorcycle Company SuperSport Twins (SST) class.

The winning team completed 228 laps of the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway road course.

"Everything went smoothly," Parriott said. "The settings were perfect, tire wear was phenomenal. The times of our three riders were all within a second of each other, and I think that won the race for us."

The No. 32 Vallely Racing Suzuki SV1000S ridden by Chuck Ivey, Josh Day of Orlando and Frank Trombino of Kleinburg, Ont. completed the podium overall and in the SST class, five laps behind the winners.

The San Jose BMW ran near the front from the start of the race and found itself in a commanding lead after the No. 83 BMW Cycles Daytona BMW R1200 of John Haner from Austin, Texas, Sydney, Australia's Warwick Nowland and Mike Ciccoto of Sebastien, Fla. ran out of fuel on track with just over three hours remaining in the race.

The M4 EMGO Suzuki entry fought its way back from outside the top 10 after suffering a gearshift problem on the team's second scheduled pit stop just over an hour into the race. But the team was back up into second place with an hour and a half remaining and put on a furious charge to catch the leading BMW.

The Suzuki, with May aboard, made its final pit stop for a splash of fuel with 22 minutes to go and trailing by just under 30 seconds. May then lapped over two seconds quicker than the leading BMW as the laps wound down, but was unable to erase the deficit.

"We knew the Suzuki had to refuel one more time, so we weren't too worried," said Mertens of the closing laps. "The crew was really fantastic. They made no mistakes."

The No. 83 BMW Cycles Daytona entry recovered to finish fourth overall and in SST and fifth place went to the No. 7 Team Zyvax Suzuki SV1000S ridden by JB Layman and Scott Layman of Ellijay, Ga. and Steve Green of Knoxville, Tenn.

Pirelli has been named as the sole supplier of SunTrust MOTO-ST tires for the inaugural 8 Hours At Daytona as well as the first full season of competition in 2007. All competitors will use Sunoco GT unleaded fuel. Horsepower limits are enforced by a Dynojet chassis dynamometer.

The MOTO-ST Series will hold the 8 Hours of Daytona on Saturday, Oct. 21 beginning at 1 p.m. with $100,000 in purse and lap money. MOTO-ST will kick off their 2007 inaugural season in March at Daytona International Speedway during Daytona 200 Week By Honda.

LIVE TIMING AT THE MOTO-ST SITE! - www.moto-st.com

WEC riders are there as well...Warwick Nowland races a BMW for Team BMW Cycles Daytona, Stephane Mertens for Team San Jose BMW, Daniel Ribalta (2006 Le Mans winner) and Kenny Noyes (Spanish Endurance Championship) on a Ducati 746, Hans Westra for Team Ham And Cheese on a Suzuki SV650 (along with Jeff Vermeulen...and Raoul Vermeulen...but no Chris Vermeulen...), ex- Herman Verboven team rider Mike Barnes (I've always been impressed with him since the days he tooled a huge old oil-cooled 1250cc (modified from the 1100) GSXR Suzuki around the Macau track - remember Jimmy Felice, the giant-killer of 250cc GP's?...yup, he's in as well (Team Pair A Nines).

According to the official entry list, Team M4 EMGO Suzuki are racing two SV1000's - with the same riders - hmm, that can't be right...

THE BEST BIKES ON THE PLANET AVAILABLE  - NOW, PHASE ONE YAMAHAS ALSO UP FOR A PIFFLING AMOUNT...

As many people are aware, Endurance machines are built to last (not like GP or Superbike machines that need tender loving care after every couple of hours) - and the end of a season is the only chance for other up-and-coming race teams or members of the public to get their hands on some extremely serious machinery for, frankly, a trifling amount of money. The craftsmanship that has gone into making these bike some of the most reliable machines on the planet doesn't come cheap to the teams - upwards of 800 hours have gone into these bikes in preparation for the season...and I'm not counting the care lavished on them between races.

An Endurance machine gives a road-rider the best possible machine for the road - and new teams the best possible start to the season. A new team would not know the lessons learned over many years of Endurance competition by such teams as Yamaha Austria or 3-times World Champions Phase One.

...and Phase One are selling two of their four World Endurance Yamaha R1's.

Just check THIS out...

2 x 2005/6 Yamaha YZF-R1 1000s( in Superbike or Endurance forms)

Ohlins 46mm Superbike forks, from 2001, fully maintained, ( not R&T, the so-called Road and Track forks) , Ohlins rear shock with spring kit. Akpapovic titanium factory exhaust system( 2006).
28mm or 30mm offset yokes
Dymag 16.5 wheels
Beringer discs and calipers
Factory ECU( modified by Garcia to give max power and max eco options), P1 loom.
Ex Noriyuki Haga factory swinging arms and linkages.
Superbike engines or endurance
Carbon fibre bodywork
Aluminium 24 litre or superbike fuel tanks
Ohlins steering damper
Spondon subframe
Spondon QD rear wheel assy
QD front wheel attachments
slipper clutch
Factory big radiator
titanium engine and casing bolts
racekit injector parts
kit cams, etc....and there are a LOT of etc's.

£12,500.....yup. I'll type it again.....
£12,500......Contact Team Manager Russell Benny HERE

Besides, how much is a Yamaha R1 out-of-the-box?...about £8000?...hmm, what about the cost of a set of Ohlins Superbike front forks?...about £5000?...you can see where this is going.

Pictures soon...and you can see the bikes at the NEC Show in Birmingham (that's Birmingham in England for our colonial friends!)

DIABLO 666 BIKES ALSO UP FOR SALE

 Diablo 666 World Endurance Superbikes - 2 x Kawasaki ZX10R's

* Superbike engine
* Full akrapovic titanium exhaust system
* Ohlins front and rear suspension
* Ohlins steering damper
* Quick action throttle
* Large airbox and trumpets
* Ermax double bubble screen
* Lengthened superbike swing arm
* Captive rear sprocket
* QD front and rear fittings for very fast change of wheels / brake pads
* Fully braided brakes
* Beringer radial QD endurance brakes (capable of over 18 hours non stop use)
* Brembo master cylinder and lever
* MIL quick shift
* Kit generator etc
* Billet and carbon fibre engine and gearbox covers
* Superbike alloy large size radiators
* 24 litre GP style endurance quick fill tank (if required)
* Dymag wheels 16.5“
* HID lights and LED spotting light (if required)

£7,500 each

Spares available as required separately - as are two further spare engines - Contact the team HERE

FAGERSJO-EL.SE NEWS

The team with the name that causes so many problems for commentators has now changed their name to something more user-friendly! Goodbye Fagersjo-El.se...welcome TEAM SUZUKI SWEDEN.
Everything else, team line-up, bike, tyres, all stay the same.

...not sure about the colour scheme, though...

THE 40th MACAU GRAND PRIX ENTRY LIST NOW AVAILABLE...

Who's gonna be there?...hmm...Kevin Schwantz, "Rocket" Ron Haslam, Didier De Radigues, Mick Grant...and Michael Rutter will be trying to beat "Rocket" Ron's record of 6 victories (interrupted in 1984 when he couldn't go - Mick Grant won)...more info HERE.

RUMOURS...

Jason Pridmore back for a round or two - maybe more?

Former Shell Endurance Academy rider Leroy Verboven back in 2007 with his own team...managed by his father Herman Verboven?

Yamaha France back?

Spanish Folch Endurance team in for the full Championship?

Christian Bourgeois and Kawasaki France coming back into the World Endurance Championship - on Michelins.

Phase One back next year, Warwick Nowland still on-board...

Castrol Suzuki...Julien Da Costa to replace Keiichi Kitagawa? - but what now happens to the factory parts from Japan?

World Endurance at Qatar...?

YAMAHA AUSTRIA - NEW SEASON, NEW BIKES, NEW FOCUS

After this November's Macau Grand Prix, the Yamaha Austria team will take delivery of their new 2007 4-valve Yamahas, rumoured to be the weapon of choice for all Superbike teams. As you can see further down the page, the world's fastest Endurance Yamahas of this year are up for sale...equipped with Japanese Superbike engines...for a pittance.

BUY THE FASTEST WORLD ENDURANCE YAMAHA!

Yamaha Austria are selling their 2006 World Endurance Championship Yamaha R1's (Yamaha Austria came 2nd in the World this year). These bikes were the first Yamahas across the line at Suzuka and consistently the fastest Yamahas in World Endurance this year.
They're beautiful...and unique.

CONTACT "MANDY" KAINZ HERE

FROM TEAM MANAGER "MANDY" KAINZ:
"The bikes are more or less semi – factory Yamaha’s with factory engine (titanium conrods, complete Kit prepared in Japan for the Suzuka race), factory Nissin brakes with Öhlins FG 671 Front forks , Kit swing-arm and front and rear quick-change systems, 24 litre aluminium fuel tank , kit ignition with special mapping and speed limiter. There are more than 800 working hours in these bikes, making them able to win all championship races...including Suzuka."

Price is
€50 000, with all spare parts and spare engine.

Yamaha Austria and that 50cc moped endurance race...firstly, bike preparation...see the video HERE...then the race start...see the video HERE

Yamaha Austria. Even the parties are a lesson in Endurance.

I bet they're Klingons, really...

DAVID CHECA AT MAGNY COURS

5th!...outstanding! Yamaha GMT94's David Checa finished fifth at his team's home race, his best result since taking fourth place at Misano in June. A report from team manager Christophe Guyot as soon as I can!

DAVID CHECA AT IMOLA

FROM TEAM GMT94:
Without doubt, we had hoped for a slightly better result. Still, to score points in a world championship is always good but we set our sights on being in the “top 10” on a circuit David was still learning. At the end of qualifying, we were quietly confident with David’s 14th position as he had been getting faster and faster in each session. Also we know what David’s attack is like when racing!

The start was excellent. David completed his first lap in 11th position. However over the next few laps we had the feeling he was riding a bit slowly until he dropped to 14th. Lap times were not satisfactory. Then, after about 10 laps, David suddenly produced his best lap. His next lap times became both excellent and consistent. He was on the right pace – and his performance was good now! Little by little, the team’s faces started relaxing as David was gaining ground on his rivals.
But the time lost at the beginning of the race couldn’t be made up and David took the chequered flag in 12th position.
As Christophe Guyot used to be an endurance rider, he knows what it’s all about :
"All the team managers know a rider needs some time to get used again to road racing after an endurance race. We all knew this, but were still hoping for a good performance. Also the rider gives so much. He keeps on attacking but he doesn’t always understand why his lap times don’t get any better. So doubt sets in: is it the bike, the engine or himself? Also, we did not know the track, which makes it even easier to doubt everything.
But David’s last laps were just fantastic. He was doing 3rd to 5th best time over the last 10 laps. This made us forget the beginning of the race a little. But also confirms that a great rider never accepts to feel beaten. He races right to the end, whatever the circumstances… until he has found the right pace and … with it self-confidence. Then the bike goes well."


So now we are look forward to Magny Cours with a lot of impatience!